PARENTS // JUNE 2019
I’ve found that trying to be a totally crunchy mama is not all it’s cracked up to be. Here’s how I reevaluated the ‘rules’ and went green my own way.
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PARENTS // JUNE 2019
I’ve found that trying to be a totally crunchy mama is not all it’s cracked up to be. Here’s how I reevaluated the ‘rules’ and went green my own way.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN // APRIL 2019
Age-old taboos against menstruation have led to a lack of research on how women’s cycles work, with serious consequences for their health
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN // APRIL 2019
Female puberty is starting earlier and earlier, with worrying consequences for women’s health.
MEDIUM // APRIL 2019
Why people are giving up drinking, even when they don’t have a problem
BITCH // FEBRUARY 2019
Mostly white, mostly male, mostly thin food writers and chefs have turned being thin—and eating in the labor-intensive way they think guarantees thinness—into a moral imperative.
PARENTS // JANUARY 2019
We’re often so focused on getting our kids to eat vegetables that we forget it’s perfectly normal to go for dishes that taste good. Here’s why you should stress less about the fries and pizza and …
Diets, detoxes, and wellness plans give you lots of rules to follow about eating. But you were born knowing how to have a healthy relationship with food.
MEDIUM // NOVEMBER 2018
As locavorism, veganism, and other healthy food trends took off, some of the people who pushed them the hardest suffered the most.
MEDIUM // JUNE, 2018
Our newest eating disorders feed off our cultural obsession with healthy diets.
PARENTS // MARCH, 2018
These parents never imagined their child would catch a life-threatening disease. But just because the illnesses are rare doesn’t mean they’re not a tragic reality.
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